Mayo (surname)

Mayo is an English and Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abdul Ghafoor Khan Mayo, provincial minister in Punjab
• Aimee Mayo (born 1971), American songwriter
• Archie Mayo (1891–1968), American movie director and stage actor
• Arthur Mayo (naval officer) (1840–1920), recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Arthur Mayo (politician) (1936–2015), American politician
• Barry Mayo, radio executive
• Bernard Mayo (1921–2000), philosopher
• Bill Mayo, American college football player
• Bob Mayo (1951–2004), American musician
• Brad Mayo (born 1980), American politician
• Charles Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939), American physician
• Charles Herbert Mayo (1845–1929), English antiquarian
• Charles William Mayo (1898–1968), American surgeon
• Charles Mayo (cricketer) (1903–1943), Canadian-born English cricketer
• Charles Mayo (Anglo-Saxon scholar) (1767–1858), English academic
• Charles Mayo (golfer), English golfer

• Christine Mayo (1884–1963), American silent film actress
• Danny Mayo (1950–1999), American songwriter
• David Mayo (born 1991), American football player
• Deron Mayo (born 1988), American football player
• E. L. Mayo (1904–1979), American poet
• Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK
• Eddie Mayo (1910–2006), American baseball player
• Edith Mayo (b. 1940), American historian
• Elton Mayo (1880–1949), Australian psychologist and sociologist
• Frank Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• Frank M. Mayo (1839–1896), American actor and comedian
• Frank Mayo (actor) (1889–1963), American silent screen actor
• Frank R. Mayo (1908–1987), polymer chemist, known for Mayo–Lewis equation

• Gabby Mayo (born 1989), American sprinter
• George Mayo (1807–1894), Australian medical practitioner
• Gilmar Mayo (born 1969), Colombian high jumper
• Gypie Mayo John Phillip Cawthra (1951–2013), English guitarist and songwriter
• Helen Mayo (1878–1967), Australian women's health pioneer
• Henry Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• Henry Mayo (cricketer) (1847–1891), English cricketer
• Henry Mayo (minister) (1733–1793), English dissenting minister and tutor
• Henry T. Mayo (1856–1937), American admiral

• Herbert Mayo (1796–1888), British physiologist, anatomist and medical writer
• Herbert Mayo (judge) (1885–1972), South Australian jurist
• Iban Mayo (born 1977), bicycle racer
• Isaac Mayo (1794–1861), United States Navy officer
• Isaac Mayo (Surfman USCG), 19th century junior surfman in the US Life-Saving Service, a predecessor of the Coast Guard
• Isabella Fyvie Mayo (1843–1914), Scottish poet, novelist
• James Mayo, pen name of Stephen Coulter, (born 1914), English author and journalist
• Janet Mayo (1915–1995), South Australian activist for war widows
• Jerod Mayo (born 1986), American football player
• Joaquín Loyo Mayo (1945–2014), Mexican tennis player
• John Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• John Mayo (minister) (died 1676), Puritan minister in pre-revolutionary Boston, US
• John C. C. Mayo (1864–1914), American entrepreneur, educator and politician
• John S. Mayo (born 1930), American engineer

• Josh Mayo (born 1987), American basketball player
• Katherine Mayo (1867–1940), American writer and journalist
• Lewis Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• Lewis Mayo (politician) (1828–1907), American physician, lawyer, and politician
• Lewis Mayo (footballer) (born 2000), Scottish football player

• Lito Mayo (1955–1983), Philippine artist
• Margaret Mayo (disambiguation), several people:

• Margaret Mayo (playwright) (1882–1951), American playwright and actress
• Margaret Mayo (Children's author), (born 1935), English children's literature and folktales writer
• Margaret Mayo (novelist) (born 1936), English romance novelist

• Margarita de Mayo Izarra (1889–1969), Spanish writer
• Matthew P. Mayo, a book author
• O. J. Mayo (born 1987), American basketball player
• Paige Mayo (born 1986), American wrestling personality
• Patrick Mayo (born 1973), South African football player
• Paul Mayo (born 1981), English football player
• Rahn Mayo, American politician
• Ron Mayo (born 1950) American football player
• Richard Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• Richard W. Mayo (1902–1996), American modern pentathlete, brigadier general, and city manager
• Richard Mayew (died 1516), also written Richard Mayo, Bishop of Hereford
• Richard Mayo (minister) (1631–1695), nonconformist pastor
• Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822–1872)

• Robert Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• Robert Murphy Mayo (1836–1896), American politician from Virginia
• Robert H. Mayo, British aircraft designer of the Short Mayo Composite aircraft

• Sardar Tufail Ahmad Khan Mayo (born 1943), Pakistani politician
• Tariq Shabbir Khan Mayo, Pakistani legislator
• Thomas Mayo (disambiguation), several people, including

• Thomas Mayo (physician) (1790–1871), British physician
• Thomas Mayo (gridiron football) (born 1990), American football player

• Simon Mayo (born 1958), disc jockey
• Virginia Mayo (1920–2005), American actress
• Whitman Mayo (1930–2001), American actor
• William Mayo (disambiguation)
• William B. Mayo (1866–1944), chief engineer of the Ford Motor Company
• Two co-founders of the Mayo Clinic:

• William Worrall Mayo (1819–1911)
• William James Mayo (1861–1939)

• William Mayo (civil engineer) (c.1685–1744), laid out the city of Richmond, Virginia
• William Leonidas Mayo, founder and president of Texas A&M University–Commerce
• William Starbuck Mayo, (1812–1895), American doctor, traveler and writer

See also

• Arthur Mayo-Robson (1853–1933), English surgeon
• Richmond Mayo-Smith (1854–1901), American economist